The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Home Office urged to settle asylum claims over unlawful detention

Ministers may face hefty bill in more than 100 cases related to Manston processing centre

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2024

Home Office threatened to deport man likely to be key witness in Bibby Stockholm inquest

Yusuf Deen Kargbo was roomate of Leonard Farruku and almost certainly last person to have seen him alive

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2024

Ringleaders plotting violent protests over Southport stabbings warned by minister: 'We are watching you'

Home Office minister Lord Hanson told people considering taking part in violent incidents after the Southport attack that they should be prepared to end up in court and possibly go to jail

Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2024

Campaign groups call on Home Office to stop ‘steady erosion’ of protest rights

Civil society organisations demand home secretary protects the ‘safety valve’ of democracy

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2024

Trafficking victims may be able to recover in UK in Home Office U-turn

Ministers settle case and agree to reconsider decision to refuse temporary leave to those in need of treatment

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024

‘Cliff edge’ deadline for UK digital visas still leaves 4m at risk of losing rights

Home Office urged to extend year-end date for expiry of biometric residence permits after postponing eVisas rollout

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2024

Thousands of modern slavery victims in UK feared back with traffickers after seeking help

Data shows that last year more than 2,000 people referred to support body the NRM had been referred before

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2024

Dozens of migrants returned to Vietnam and Timor-Leste as UK people-smuggling gang sentenced

Siblings Natalie and Alan Sirrell, Casey Dennis Loughnane, and Charlotte Smyth have been sentenced after a hearing at Canterbury Crown Court

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2024

Human Trafficking Gang Used A Suspected Stolen Yacht To Smuggle Migrants Into Britain

Border Force stops migrants on yachts, signalling a change in tactics by traffickers who previously relied on dinghies for dangerous Channel crossings.

International Business Times UK · Jul 25, 2024

Albanian man taken from UK psychiatric ward to deportation flight – report

Watchdog raises concerns about Home Office decision in annual report about incident last summer

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024